Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown
Jan 28, 2016
Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown, whose warm smile and uncommonly generous ways were well known to many throughout the Berkshires, died peacefully at her home in Stockbridge on January 28th, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 66. The daughter of the late state senator John Hitchcock Fitzpatrick and Jane Pratt Fitzpatrick, Ann was born in Rutland, Vermont on December...
Leo B. Jansen
Jan 19, 2016
Leo B. Jansen, 95, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 holding the hand of his beloved and devoted wife Liselotte “Lee” at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, CT. Leo was born in Bonn, Germany on November 28, 1920. He and his wife and young daughter immigrated to West Hartford, CT in 1956. In 2005 he and Lee...
Pauline Barbara Dutton
Jan 10, 2016
Pauline Barbara Dutton of Kinderhook, NY and Canaan, CT passed away on January 10, 2016 at the age of 90. Born in New York City, she was the adored wife of the late Ben Joseph Dutton, an inspirational and devoted mother to Deborah Dutton Minton and Pamela Barbara Dutton and grandmother of Sebastian Frugone and Alexandra Frugone....
Shiras Parker Reeves
Dec 27, 2015
Shiras Parker Reeves, 86, of Partridge Drive in South Egremont, MA died on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, CT. Born March 18, 1929 in Pittsfield, MA he was the son of Frank and Elsie Shiras Reeves. Shiras worked as an Insurance underwriter but his true passion was being on the...
Robert Leslie Markovits
Dec 20, 2015
Robert Leslie Markovits, a long-time resident of Stockbridge, died Sunday morning, December 20, at the age of 78. Bob had a BA and LLB from Cornell University and an LLM in taxation from New York University. An early interest in sports journalism culminated in his being the sports editor of the Cornell Daily Sun and, during one summer, an interim...
Maude Smith Lovett
Dec 14, 2015
Maude Smith Lovett, 78, of Lower Road in Canaan, Connecticut passed away on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Geer Nursing Home in Canaan, CT. Born April 7, 1937 in Stanfordville, NY she was the daughter of Delos Rifenburgh and May Bertha Antine Rifenburgh. She attended schools in Pine Plains, NY. Maude enjoyed sewing and often made teddy...
Annie L. Mccormick
Dec 3, 2015
Annie L. McCormick, 87, a longtime resident of Pixley Hill Road in West Stockbridge passed away December 3, 2015 after a short illness in Melbourne, Florida. She had been living in The Villages, Florida since 2004. Mrs. McCormick is survived by two sons, Willard “Will” G. Losaw, Jr. and wife Young Su of Pittsfield, MA, Stephen D. Losaw of Pittsfield,...
Violet M. Cronk
Dec 2, 2015
Violet M. Cronk, 92, passed away at Geer Nursing & Rehabilitation on December 2, 2015. Born on February 18, 1923, in New Marlborough, she was the daughter of Robert and Helen Bailey McLean. She was educated in local schools. She married her husband Paul Cronk, Sr. in 1945 and they lived in Ashley Falls where they raised their family. Violet...
Michael C. Stephen
Nov 25, 2015
~ The family invites people to join them for a memorial gathering on Sunday, January 10, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Castle Street Cafe, 10 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Michael C. Stephen, 75, of Main Street, Stockbridge passed away on November 25, 2015 at Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. Born July...
Gerald "Hank" Cooper
Nov 24, 2015
Gerald “Hank” R. Cooper, 93, passed away on November 24, 2015 at Craneville Place in Dalton, MA. Born in Glendale, MA on February 9, 1922, he was the son of William and Edith Bechtel Cooper. He was educated in local schools and graduated for the former Williams High School in Stockbridge, MA. After graduation, Hank served four years in the...
Katherine D. Zink
Nov 22, 2015
Katherine D. Zink, 48, passed away suddenly on November 22, 2015 at Fairview Hospital. Born on January 14, 1967 in Massapequa, NY, she was the daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Campbell Behne. Katherine was a graduate of Mt. Everett Regional High School in Sheffield, class of 1985. She worked for many years at Berkshire Bark as a chocolate maker, a...
Rose Joan Balestro
Nov 21, 2015
Rose Joan Balestro, 98 of West Stockbridge died peacefully on November 21, 2015 at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in the family home in West Stockbridge on September 5, 1917, the youngest of nine children of Antonio and Antonia Veronesi Consolini. Rose attended local schools and graduated from the former Williams High School. She was a...
Barbara P. Robbins
Nov 20, 2015
Mrs. Barbara P. Robbins, 93, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015. Born in Cummington, MA on May 29, 1922 she was the daughter Jesse R. and Myrtle Streeter Porter. She married her husband, the late Horace “Hob” Robbins on June 17, 1944 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Together the couple made their home in Sheffield in the early 1950’s. Barbara...
Hannah W. Agar
Nov 17, 2015
Hannah W. Agar, 73, passed away on November 17, 2015. Born in Great Barrington, MA, on December 5, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Edward R. and Kathleen O’Connell Wyman. She was a graduate of Doane Stuart formerly Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart in Albany, NY. She also attended Endicott College in Boston. She married Stephen...
Norman Charbonneau
Nov 17, 2015
Norman Charbonneau, 87, of Devonshire Estates in Lenox, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at Mt. Carmel Facility in Lenox. Born on July 16, 1928, in Springfield, MA, he was the son of the late Helen Bousquet and Ovila Charbonneau. Norman was a graduate of Springfield Technical High School and continued his education at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute in...
Donna Marie Cook
Nov 16, 2015
Donna Marie Shaw Cook, 74, a longtime resident of VanDeusenville Road passed peacefully into eternal life at Baystate Medical Center on November 16, 2015. A native and lifelong resident, Donna was born in Great Barrington, MA on December 31, 1940 the daughter of the late Lawrence Martin Shaw and Cecelia Nutting Shaw. She was a graduate of the former Williams...
Beatrice Scholz Shepard
Nov 15, 2015
Beatrice Scholz Shepard, 90, a longtime resident of West Road in Alford passed away November 15, 2015 at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington. A native and lifelong resident of the area Beatrice was born March 9, 1925 at the family home in West Stockbridge, the daughter of Warner and Doris (Tucker) Scholz. She attended local schools and was...
Harry Franklin
Nov 14, 2015
Harry Franklin was born Hermann Harry Hirschbein in Vienna, Austria, November 13, 1920 to Charlotte Frankovitz, originally from Romania and Moritz Hirschbein, originally from Poland. In the United States he changed his name to Franklin, a derivative of Frankovitz, to make life easier due to anti-semitism and the difficulty of the name itself. He chose to go by the name...
Susan M. Cutter
Nov 12, 2015
Susan M. Cutter, 82, of Wyantenuck St., in Housatonic died November 12, 2015 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born August 12, 1933 in North Adams, MA she was the daughter of Gerald and Evelyn Niles Middlebrook. She graduated from local schools and received her nursing degree from the Holyoke School of Nursing. Mrs. Cutter was employed as a Registered...
David C. Benham, Sr.
Nov 9, 2015
David C. Benham, Sr., 70, of Wyantenuck St., died November 9, 2015 at his home in Housatonic following a four and a half year battle with cancer. Born September 1, 1945 in Pittsfield, MA he was the son of the late Charles Joseph and Mary Alice McGraw Benham. He was a 1963 graduate of the former Searles High School. While...
